From the start of bow season through mid-December, hunters like Quinn McClurg of Vicksburg saw plenty of deer, then sightings decreased for about a month.

Written by

Brian Albert Broom
bbroom@clarionledger.com

In the weeks leading up to the 2013 Mississippi deer season, hunters began to notice oak trees in many parts of the state weren't bearing much of a crop. A few weeks into bow season, reports were coming in from some areas stating what few acorns had been produced had already been consumed.

This led some biologists to believe that when gun season arrived, it would be a banner harvest. Deer were expected to move more to keep their stomachs full and become more dependent on food plots.